Pallares, Ronnie Joseph

Ronnie Joseph Pallares was a 19-year-old soldier from Rancho Cucamonga, California. He served as a Specialist (SPC) in the 57th Engineer Sapper Company, 27th Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, based at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom.

On October 23, 2010, Pallares was killed in action approximately six kilometers southwest of Combat Outpost Mulanababa in Afghanistan's Zabul province. According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, his death was the result of a hostile incident. Specific details of the engagement were not widely released, but the area was known for insurgent activity.

Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S.-led military campaign in Afghanistan, began in October 2001 following the September 11 attacks. By 2010, the conflict was in a period of intense fighting during a troop surge aimed at countering a resilient Taliban insurgency. Pallares's unit was part of the engineering effort supporting combat operations in volatile southern and eastern regions.

His death was reported by the Department of Defense on October 25, 2010. Local news outlets in Southern California noted his passing, identifying him as a graduate of Los Osos High School. He was one of at least four U.S. service members killed in Afghanistan on that date.

Pallares is remembered on the Afghanistan War Memorial at the Riverside National Cemetery in California. His name is also inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 128 of the American Veterans Traveling Tribute's Traveling Wall. He was one of 2356 American service members who died during Operation Enduring Freedom.

Ronnie Joseph Pallares was killed during Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–2014). The conflict concluded in December 2014. See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Andrews, Evander Earl, Edmunds, Jonn Joseph, Stonesifer, Kristofor Tif, Davis, Bryant Leroy.

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